ChiefAzubuikeh:
At least better than one ancient tribe like that (can't remember the name) that train their children to be skull miners and skeleton uprooters.

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or atleast better than the one that will teach him to develop another country.

Also better than the one dat will teach him how to chop goro and carry gun to kill along sambisa forest.

dominique:
"I want him to repair aeroplanes in future so he can rescue me from poverty". Very stupid statement to make. So it's by fiddling with a keke napep that he will learn out to repair aeroplanes right? You need to get him to love maths and physics not get his hands dirty under a keke. Besides it's your duty not your child's to take yourself out of poverty. African parents, mounting unnecessary pressure on their children since 1722

Wetin una want gan na? .... What pressure? Did the observer state the little boy was being forced into learning, or seen crying not wanting to? .. What if d little boy picked interest in joining the father himself or probably enjoys using d tools....

Or havent you heard of 10, 12, 15yr old prodigies in different fields. As long as the little kid isnt forced into it.. There is nothing wrong with that other than ensuring his safety.

Mechanical engr. in the making

dominique:


Personally, I don't have any issue with the boy learning the skill when he's much older. But the reason the father is putting him to work at that tender age is what I have issues with. That's terrible parenting

That's terrible parenting... Says you.

I hope to help my kids build their foundation as early as possible. The brain power is at the highest during tender ages (2-7). If you are lucky to identify the interest of kids in that age bracket, do all you can to help them nuture it immediately.

I know and I've read about many guru programmers, writers, footballers, etc who started learning at tender ages.

I know a guy in the USA who retired from trading at the age of 40; he started trading at the age of 14.

I read about a 15 year old programmer at Google who earn crazy salary; his programmer father started teaching him how to program at the age 5.

Don't underestimate the ability little kids possess.

If your kid start showing interest in swimming, please do all you can to help them learn immediately.

Most of the professional footballers didn't just wake up at the age of 15 to start playing. They've been playing all their life.

The father in the story did well by harnessing the interest of the little boy.

I will never kill the genius of my kids God's willing. Though learning can start at any age, it's best at a tender age.

Many of us would have move on faster in life if we had the inspiration to start what we are doing now at an earlier age.

dominique:
"I want him to repair aeroplanes in future so he can rescue me from poverty". Very stupid statement to make. So it's by fiddling with a keke napep that he will learn out to repair aeroplanes right? You need to get him to love maths and physics not get his hands dirty under a keke. Besides it's your duty not your child's to take yourself out of poverty. African parents, mounting unnecessary pressure on their children since 1722

Those of us that love maths and physics still give our cars to mechanics.

Still call electrician to fix our light

dominique:
"I want him to repair aeroplanes in future so he can rescue me from poverty". Very stupid statement to make. So it's by fiddling with a keke napep that he will learn out to repair aeroplanes right? You need to get him to love maths and physics not get his hands dirty under a keke. Besides it's your duty not your child's to take yourself out of poverty. African parents, mounting unnecessary pressure on their children since 1722

Aunty know all and you think maths and physics is what will help him It’s like you never attended any uni

I love the little boy, at his age he already knows all the working tools in the workshop that's wonderful

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dominique:
"I want him to repair aeroplanes in future so he can rescue me from poverty". Very stupid statement to make. So it's by fiddling with a keke napep that he will learn out to repair aeroplanes right? You need to get him to love maths and physics not get his hands dirty under a keke. Besides it's your duty not your child's to take yourself out of poverty. African parents, mounting unnecessary pressure on their children since 1722

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You are a bloody f00l...
You that love Physics and Maths what have you achieved? Idiot....
You are here forming local champion on nairaland and banning people unnecessarily....

femi4:
Those of us that love maths and physics still give our cars to mechanics.

Still call electrician to fix our light

Very funny

dominique:


Personally, I don't have any issue with the boy learning the skill when he's much older. But the reason the father is putting him to work at that tender age is what I have issues with. That's terrible parenting

I prefer this terrible parenting to a child seating in front of the television everyday after school. This way his curiosity and love for engines has been awakened. And I applaud the father for dreaming big on behalf of his son. Most times is easier to get a child to start enjoying this field now than when he's older.

Fierce11:
It is never too early to learn.. At two years old, a child is already inclined to slope on the path of curiosity.. He wants to hold spanners.. He wants to taste flour when his mom's baking.. He wants to dip his palm inside a rotating standing fan.. He wants to know why some igbo men prefer 'life' to 7up.. the list goes on and on.. Learning how to fix things and understand the significance And purpose of such tools at such an early age is a privilege that everyone is NOT blessed with.. For fvcks sake, i see nothing wrong with this.. I salute you Besides, is their any difference for a child to hold 'dangerous' toys made with boris and peak milk containers to another who holds pliers? Abegi.. People should mind their business at times.. Its not as if the boy is always hooked up in repairs sef.. He goes to school for the almighty formal education and comes back for the real education.. The father should be applauded instead of the criticism 'some people' offer him.. {pun intended...}

I salute you for your comments sir the way some people reason is no difference from buhari and brainless politician demons

abjisperson:
Good work sir....keep it up, after all all the fed govt jobs have been exclusively reserved for aboki people

What is good there.??. this is so so unsafe..Kids tends to replicate any thing u do with them that interest them even when u re not with them...dont be surprise this kid crawls under a packed car one day to do this...the site will be disturbing if the car owner moves the car unknowingly...teaching kids handwork is very good but let him grow to a certain age like say 7-10 first.

Nice one ... I only have concern about the safety of that little boy ... He’s too exposed for o danger, sitting under that keke napep with any PPE on can cause more harm than good.

But not too young to learn ... for those of you shouting go to school or learn maths and physics, there are very sound engineers in developed countries that don’t even know any laws in physics because they didn’t even complete high school... Naija we too carry certificate for head

dominique:




So by getting his hands dirty under a keke, he's on the right path to being an aeronautic engineer? How do they can even relate? If he's banking on his son to get him out of poverty, he should not expose him to this line of work he's doing.

If that boy should love physics and maths....
His creativity and ingenuity will make him a very good and skilled engineer.....
An attribute seriously lacking in our country at the moment...
What our generations lack is conceptual thinking and it's application....
We love physics and maths so much, yet we struggle to apply it to our common needs....
How many good programmers do have in nigeria despite churning out maths and computer science graduate by the thousands....
Factories will not open shop in nigeria because we don't have skilled machine operators....
My dear, look beyond the classroom....
The real deal is in application and any nation that fail in this aspect is doomed for poverty....

Pretenders association of Nigerians.

Who doesn't know the father is only playing with his son. Even if he decides to teach him mechanics with the faith that his son will aspire higher, why condem him.
How many cars, trains, aeroplanes have we manufactured with all our professors of engineers.
Abeg make una leave father & son alone & face una business!!

dominique:
"I want him to repair aeroplanes in future so he can rescue me from poverty". Very stupid statement to make. So it's by fiddling with a keke napep that he will learn out to repair aeroplanes right? You need to get him to love maths and physics not get his hands dirty under a keke. Besides it's your duty not your child's to take yourself out of poverty. African parents, mounting unnecessary pressure on their children since 1722

God bless you my sister

Teach Them Young

chocboi78:
re u kidding me?? They all have to do with mechanics..... I was a maths and physics guru in essay but can't even make a simple circuit.... If he learns d practical from A very young age, He will surely do well when education is applied.. Besides d man already said the boy is in school

I have a friend's that's a mechanic in CAT. Before she gained admission to study mechanical engineering, she never touched the engine of any car, tricycle or bicycle. Today she assembles and repairs caterpillars in the U.S. Putting a two year old to that kind work will not necessarily give him a upper hand when he's in a more complex field. Let a toddler be a toddler not an apprentice biko

I see nothing wrong here!!! He goes to school.

His cognitive reasoning @ this level wows me. Identifying these tools. Is not as if has the energy to slack a bolt or nut. But understanding the parts of the machine plus his studies will help him improve better.

I don't see anything wrong with what the father is teaching his son. With such skills, coupled with education, that boy will go places and also be a blessing to his dad and family. Cause hard work and knowledge work hand in hand.
That little boy is now taught on how to preserve and not run away from work.

Unlike most youths looking for easy ways to make money and scam people.

God bless the man and his son. They will both reap the fruits of their hustles. Amen

Exposing a minor to needless danger...

Just pray that the keke does not get displaced from the supports and fall on the child.

Lets hope that this stunt does prove costly one day...

ChiefAzubuikeh:
At least better than one ancient tribe like that (can't remember the name) that train their children to be skull miners and skeleton uprooters.

coming from Asia drugs apologetic kinsman

He just said after school that that boy joined his Father and one thing stands out here that little boy has passion for it if it was another child he will preferred hanging around his mother.pls all this useless tribalism should stop if na for Ogun state or Anambra now una for credit d boy so make all the negative commentors go huge transformed and die

I hope Yusuf is not learning Buhari stupidity

no food for lazy man

dominique:


I have a friend's that's a mechanic in CAT. Before she gained admission to study mechanical engineering, she never touched the engine of any car, tricycle or bicycle. Today she assembles and repairs caterpillars in the U.S. Putting a two year old to that kind work will not give him a upper hand when he's in a more complex field

I have a family friend who never went to university, learnt this and now he's in the US after helping a man whose car broke down on the road. Destiny differs. Probably the father didn't force him cos from the picture I don't see him crying so that means his interest is there.

deluded feminists can't even tell when someone is making hyperbolic remarks out of optimism.


tufiakwa!

Gistformant:
Man expresses concern after seeing a mechanic training his 2-yr-old son in Akwa Ibom State.

News via Gistmore :: http://gistmore.com/mechanic-spotted-training-2-year-old-son-akwa-ibom-state-photo

I posted here earlier today, why are nairaland MODs so biase? I demand an explaination, thank you. @lalasticlala @mukina @seun etc
here is the link
https://www.nairaland.com/4767153/meet-youngest-mechanic-world

Thank God for his life.
At least he didn't abandon him to be almanjiri to beg for food on the street because of doctrines of one paedophile.